3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1709+ words) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell once again confirmed the obvious'that President Trump's impulsive tariffs and his war on Iran are responsible for skyrocketing prices. "If you look at total core inflation, it's about 3 percent. And some big chunk of that,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1499+ words) The New Republic President Donald Trump spent the Easter weekend issuing a belligerent stream of threats to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure. He set a deadline of 8 p. m. Eastern time on Tuesday night for the Iranian government to reopen the Strait of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1824+ words) President Donald Trump has sent a peace plan to Iran'but is anyone actually reading it? The United States transmitted a 15-point peace plan to Iran through Pakistan, betraying the president's eagerness to build an off-ramp from the spiraling conflict he…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (340+ words) newrepublic. com For energy analysts, these sorts of announcements are a sign of things to come. Sam Reynolds, a research lead with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, or IEEFA, calls the news "probably the most tangible sign…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1419+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Ryan O'Donnell: Thanks so much for having me. O'Donnell: Yeah, I mean, they clearly see the writing on the wall....

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (1782+ words) Democrats pulled off another upset in Florida, winning a normally very Republican state Senate district in West Tampa. The Senate seat was vacated when its previous occupant, Jay Collins, was appointed Florida's lieutenant governor. Nathan's campaign sought to downplay culture…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1836+ words) Democrats have successfully flipped a Florida state House seat blue in the same district where President Trump's sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate lies. First-time candidate Emily Gregory defeated Trump-backed Jon Maples'a former council member and self-described "conservative outsider," by just over two…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1785+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Trump administration reports to him every day about the ongoing war in Iran. In a meeting with Israel's Cabinet ministers, Netanyahu said, "I spoke yesterday with Vice President JD Vance. He…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1735+ words) Iran is no longer entertaining a potential peace deal with U. S. negotiators. Tehran declared Friday that it would not meet with U. S. officials in Islamabad, adding that the White House's demands are "unacceptable," reported The Wall Street Journal's senior Middle East correspondent,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (181+ words) The other day your faithful podcast host argued that Donald Trump's presidency is in free fall in terms of public opinion. Now the signs are even clearer: His approval ratings have dropped below 40 percent in The New York Times's polling…...